WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump decided to look to the Marine Corps for his next Secretary of Defense, and he has found a promising candidate in legendary retired Marine Gen. James "Tamer" Amos.
Amos, who served as Marine commandant from 2010 to 2014, will be the first Marine ever to head the Department of Defense, overturning the previous policy of just giving the Marines leadership of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and all relevant Combatant Commands.
The announcement came from Trump's Twitter feed on Monday morning, which brought up common military complaints as being more of the same: "Other candidates repeated same old lines: Morale low. Tattoo policy is dumb. Leaders haven't kept faith w/troops. Amos has fresh perspective!"
Amos edged out other potential candidates for the position, which included retired Army Gen. Jack Keane and retired Marine Gen. James Mattis. Keane declined the position due to family reasons, while Mattis was ruled out due to his controversial spot in Marine lore that he earned by winning battles, and admitting that he enjoys killing assholes who beat up women.
